More and more senior citizens are using medical marijuana and throwing out most, if not all their pharmaceuticals. Senior citizens are defined as 55 and over generally. And most of them have been under the spell of doctors most of their lives, gladly suffering the side effects of their prescriptions to fell better with aging without success.

But some of them are catching on and dropping at least some of the pharmaceuticals in their stockpiles in favor of puffing the weed or ingesting cannabis tinctures and oils. Okay, some of the may have been hippies who simply continued using pot without going heavy into pharmaceuticals.

Then some may have stopped using pot regularly but went back to it after learning of its powerful medicinal qualities. I’m one of those.

The bottom line is the cannabis plant offers more healing, relief from aches and pains, with side effects that are pleasurable. And seniors are the single most growing group of cannabis users. Yes, gramps and granny are getting high now instead of trying to discourage their children and grandchildren from getting near the “evil weed”.

Truthful Publicity and Exposure Can Overturn Propaganda

When my mother was alive, she was concerned that her teenage grandson by one of her other boys was hooked on marijuana. He was coming to her house, banging on the door late at night and demanding money. I told her “mom, he’s hooked on some other hard drug. All of your sons and one daughter smoked pot at least for awhile and never got crazy on you”.

Later my sister disclosed that the grandson was smoking crack, the most addictive drug on the streets. But this goes to show how deep the propaganda was when some older folks were growing up. It stuck because it was constantly repeated by the media and doctors. Doctors were the gods for my mother’s generation and while I was growing up.

Thus we still have that Schedule 1 classification for cannabis with the lingering propaganda of yesterday. But the fact that half of our America states now allow cannabis for medical purposes has opened up many seniors the benefits of the weed.

That and the continued efforts of their sons and daughters to get them educated as well as some mainstream media positive coverage of their medicinal effects. Add in the fact that seniors are feeling worse instead of better after years of pharmaceutical medications opens them up some too.

Maybe you remember that old Rolling Stone’s song, “Mother’s Little Helper” (pharmaceutical uppers) with the lyric “What a drag it is getting old”, or that quote from Bette Davis “Growing old is not for sissies”.

I live in a senior citizen apartment complex (55 and older), and I see others growing older miserably and worsening here all the time with their operations and medications.

Meanwhile one of the biggest pot puffers in history, 83 year old Willie Nelson, is still active with producing shows and performances to benefit small farms, animal rights and yes, protect the marijuana growers from corporate takeovers.

A Few Cannabis Tips for Seniors

* It is not physically addictive like the way opioid painkillers are.
* It is not a gateway drug. It’s actually being used to get addicted opioid painkiller and heroin (an opioid) addicts off those drugs gently.
* It does not present side effects that worsen medical conditions or create new ones.
* You can grow your own if you live in a medical marijuana state or if you’re willing to grow small plants in your dwelling’s closet in non-friendly cannabis state.
* There are two basic strains: Sativa, which induces alertness and energy, and Indica, which induces rest and relaxation. Most cannabis plants offer hybrid mixtures of the two.
* There are two basic cannabinoid compounds among many others: THC will get you high, and CBD will not. They both have therapeutic aspects and usually they both appear together. The high becomes very manageable with experience. But you can lean toward CBD only to avoid the high if desired.
* You don’t have to smoke pot for medical relief. You can use a vaporizer to inhale vapors that aren’t as harsh as hot smoke. Or you can orally ingest oils and edibles. Some even use ointments and suppositories.
* Ironically, it can help improve memory and improve negative neurological conditions.

Okay, that’s all for now with this article. There is much more to learn by perusing this site and some of the source links used for articles.

Paul Fassais a contributing staff writer for REALfarmacy.com. His pet peeves are the Medical Mafia’s control over health and the food industry and government regulatory agencies’ corruption. Paul’s contributions to the health movement and global paradigm shift are well received by truth seekers. Visit his blog by following this link and follow him on Twitter here.